Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

The time is always right to do what is right.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability but comes through continuous struggle.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.

Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes part 2

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for.

The surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’

We must build bridges of understanding rather than walls of misunderstanding.

There comes a time when silence is betrayal.

I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.

There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.

Flushing out hate is one of the primary goals of nonviolence.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.’

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die.

The time is always right to do what is right.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.